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Trial reportScientific reports2026

Comparison of 2% lidocaine with epinephrine and 4% articaine with epinephrine in local anesthesia of maxillary molars affected by molar incisor hypomineralization: a randomized controlled trial.

Mai Haidar, Nabih Raslan

Abstract readRandomized Controlled TrialComparative Study
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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Mai HaidarDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syrian Arab Republic. mai.q.haidar@tishreen.edu.sy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9695-1967
Nabih RaslanDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syrian Arab Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9967-9575

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of local anesthesia is essential for pain control during the treatment of MIH-affected molars. This study aimed to compare injection-related pain and anesthetic efficacy between 2% lidocaine with epinephrine (LE) and 4% articaine with epinephrine (AE) in the MIH-affected maxillary molars of pediatric patients. Twenty-six children aged 6 to 12 years requiring restorative treatment of MIH-affected maxillary molars were enrolled. Participants randomly received one of the two anesthetic solutions (LE or AE) at the first visit; the other solution was administered at the second visit. Injection-related pain and anesthetic efficacy were evaluated subjectively using the Wong-Baker Faces

Indexed as

Anesthesia, LocalAnesthetics, LocalCarticaineEpinephrineLidocaineMolarMolar HypomineralizationChildFemaleHumansMaleMaxillaPain MeasurementAnesthetics, LocalCarticaineEpinephrineLidocaineArticaineLidocaineMaxillary molarsMIH

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PMID42177334
PMCPMC13424565

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